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School Health in Windham County

We work collaboratively with supervisory unions, families, and organizations across Windham County to improve the health and wellbeing of school aged children. Our work is motivated by the idea that the health of students and their academic achievement are deeply intertwined. To achieve this, we partner with schools to develop programs and implement policies that promote health and wellness for students across Windham county.

Better health for our Community’s Children

We promote the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child modelto improve each child’s cognitive, physical, social and emotional development. We achieve this through advising School Wellness Teams as they work to build a culture of good health and wellness.

We partner with schools to promote Vermont’s recommended schedule for well-care visits, which follows Bright Futures, the American Academy of Pediatrics best practice recommendations.

We strive to decrease the barriers to specific services provided through medical and dental care.

We support Safe Routes to School, an organization that encourages kids to walk and bike to school (with volunteer adults in the case of younger children).

We help school nurses locate resources, from information on air quality in schools, to immunization questions, to connecting with local health care providers around school related health issues.

Local Highlights

We are a member of the Windham County Fit and Healthy Kids Coalition, and actively promote the toolkit designed for classroom teachers, parents and caregivers to help promote good nutrition, physical activity and mindfulness. We work with schools to find ways to incorporate this toolkit into their recommended school wellness procedures.

Our Public Health Nurse partners with schools to promote annual well-care visits throughout their schooling. Over half of our area’s local schools have posted our curated list of resources to their websites or Facebook pages. Designed for parents of school aged children, the list can be found here.

We work with partners in Windham County to prevent disease. We provide education and other resources. When disease occurs, we work to identify it and stop it from spreading. We welcome your questions about infectious disease.

We provide schools, health care providers and community groups with resources to support quitting smoking. We assist coalitions, towns and worksites on the development of tobacco policies and ordinances.

The Brattleboro Local Health Office works with town officials, local hospitals, medical providers and emergency medical services in order to plan, respond to and help prevent public health emergencies.

Vermont continues to be one of the healthiest states in the nation, yet we know there are challenges ahead. To meet these, we track, measure, report on and apply data in order to achieve our shared goals for improving public health.

A healthy mouth is key to our overall well-being. A pleasant smile increases our self-esteem and confidence around others. Healthy teeth and gums allow us to chew a variety of foods. Our teeth begin developing before birth and are meant to last a lifetime. Today we can prevent dental disease.